Representations of Well-Being Rebecca Maguire Department of Psychology 8th February 2018
How do we make sense of events? Surprise Complexity Sense making 2
Psycho-Oncology Health Psychology 3
Who matters? Health Prostate Care Workers Cancer Carers Colorectal Patients/ Cancer Survivors Head and Neck Cancer 4
Factors associated with wellbeing Disease Socio-demographics Treatment severity Supports Information Adverse effects available given Psychological appraisals and representations 5
Representations Expectations Illness appraisals Fears Regret Quality of life 6
Future research and collaborations? Decision making How can we empower people with illness/disability to make well informed and satisfying decisions? Explore barriers to decision making Role of health literacy 7
rebecca.maguire@mu.ie
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